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Psychopathy Scores Predict Recidivism in High-risk Youth: A Five-year Follow-up Study

Allen, Corey H
Gullapalli, Aparna R
Milillo, Michaela
Ulrich, Devin M
Rodriguez, Samantha N
Maurer, J Michael
Aharoni, Eyal
Anderson, Nathaniel E
Harenski, Carla L
Vincent, Gina M
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Psychopathic traits have been associated with rearrest in adolescents involved in the criminal legal system. Much of the prior work has focused on White samples, short follow-up windows, and relatively low-risk youth. The current study aimed to evaluate the utility of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) for predicting general and violent felony recidivism in a large sample of high-risk, predominantly Hispanic/Latino, male adolescents (n = 254) with a five-year follow-up period. Results indicated higher PCL:YV scores and lower full-scale estimated IQ scores were significantly associated with a shorter time to felony and violent felony rearrest. These effects generalized to Hispanic/Latino adolescents (n = 193)-a group that faces disproportionate risk of being detained or committed to juvenile correctional facilities in the U.S. These results suggest that expert-rated measures of psychopathic traits and IQ are reliable predictors of subsequent felony and violent felony rearrest among high-risk male adolescents.

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Allen CH, Gullapalli AR, Milillo M, Ulrich DM, Rodriguez SN, Maurer JM, Aharoni E, Anderson NE, Harenski CL, Vincent GM, Kiehl KA. Psychopathy Scores Predict Recidivism in High-risk Youth: A Five-year Follow-up Study. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2024 Jul;52(7):1089-1103. doi: 10.1007/s10802-024-01169-x. Epub 2024 Feb 26. PMID: 38407775; PMCID: PMC11217095.

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10.1007/s10802-024-01169-x
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